Everyone knows what a “one upper” is right? Well for those of you who don’t, let me enlighten you..

According to the folks at urban dictionary:

A “one upper” is:

A person who feels like they need to be better than everyone else, so they constantly “one-up” anything that anyone says. See the definition here.

For example:

Chad: Dude, I got a V-6 Mustang today, its Lime Green!

Todd (the “one upper”): Oh, but I got a Roush ‘Stang with a supercharger thats laying down 400 to the wheels dawg.

Chad (to himself): What a one upper!

So, usually, when you say someone is a “one upper” it’s negative thing..But that all changed when I came to Lebanon. You see, aside from speaking three languages in one sentence, the Lebanese have this habit of “one upping” each other in their daily speech without even knowing they’re doing it!